Accelerator for automobiles



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UNHTED ERNEST W. BAXTER, 0F VAN WJERT, CHILD,

nconnnianron non enromo'nrnns.

Application filed December 30, 1921. Serial No. 526,023.

To all whom it may concern.

Be it known that I, Enwnsr ll. BAXTER, a citizen of the United States of America, and resident of Van lVert, in the county of Van Wert and State of Ohio," have invented certain new. and useful Improvements in Accelerators tor Automobiles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to improvements in a celerators for automobiles and the object thereof is to provide means controlled by the foot of the operator in conjunction with the service brake or the clutch pedalof the automobile for 'regulating the throttle of the engine to permit of efllecting a quick stop in the case of an emergency, to facilitate the control of the car and its engine, and to enable the operatori to accelerate the engine while holding the car on a grade under the control of his feet.

These objects of the invention are acconi plished by the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which: 3

l is .a side elevation including the service brake foot lever, the engine throttle, and the accelerator mechanism in relation therewith v F 2 is a detail view showing the pivoted pedal in connection with the service brake lever by means of which the lever and accelerator are operated;

Fig. 3 is a detail view showing the sup portiiig relation between the rocking beam and the service brake lever; and

Fig. iisa side elevation of the service brake lever, the engine throttle, and the ac celerator applied thereto in a modified form.

The characters appearing in the description refer to parts shown in the drawings and designated thereon by corresponding characters 2 The invention, comprising the mechanism for controlling the engine throttle, may be applied to either the service brake lever or clutch lever of an automobile and is intended to enahle the operator to manipulate the engine throttle with his foot while operating either the service brake lever or the clutch lever as the case may be. The invention, while applicable to either the service brake or the clutch lever, is shown in the drawings and referred to in the description as applied to the service bralte lever.

in the present instance the service brake lever 3. has pivoted thereto at its upper end a pedal so to have lateral tilting moveot movement of the; bralre lever.

brake lever.

'ment, one side of the pedal having an u-p lever is a-stud 5 upon which is pivotallysupported a rocking beam 6, the upper end of which has actuated relation with the pedal 2 through the medium of a. connecting rod 7; The lower end of the beam has actuating relation vith an intermediate lever B which is supported upon a pivot 9, there being a connecting rod 10 for impartii'ig movement from the beam tothe lever. The connecting rod 10 has at one'end thereof a head 11 with an elongated slot 12 therein through which a pin 18 extends from the adjacent end of the lever 8, the purpose of the slot being to admit of limited play between the connecting rod and the lever., The upper end of the lever 8 has actuating relation with the throttle lever 14 by means of a connecting rod 15, and a retracting spring 16 has connection with the throttle lever tending to hold it in closedposition.

The service brake lever is mounted and actuated in the customary manner. and in the present instance the brake lever is actuated b a iolvin iressiire with the foot J t h upon the pedal 2, as usual. By tilting the pedal laterally, however, the engine throttle lever 14 is actuated accordingly at any stage It is the intention to s c-proportion and arrange the various parts connecting the pedal and the throttle lever thatmovement will be imparted to the throttle lever only when the pedal is tilted and not by movements of the Thus, the connection 17 between the beam 6 and the connecting rod 10 is located eccentric to the fulcrum 18 of the brake lever, and also, the head 13 on the connecting rod 10 is slotted to admit of limited lost motion between the connecting rod and the intermediate lever which circumvent movement- 'bciiig imparted to the engine throttle through the movement of the brake lever.

ln'the 'torm shown in Fig. 4 the brake lever 1' has pivoted thereon a pedal 2 as in the former instance, and has also a pendated relation with the pendant arm 19 on bar is pivotally supported a vertically member 21, the upper end of which has actuated relation with the pedal 2 throu h the medium of a connecting rod 22, and t e lower end of the rocking member has-actuthe brake lever through the medium of another connecting rod 23. The pivotal connection 24 between'thesliding bar and the rocking member-is so located, and the action imparted to the rocking member throu h the connecting rods by'movements of the rake lever is such thatnobonseguentmovement is thereby imparted to the sliding bar. However, When' the pedal 2' is tilted laterally movement is imparted to the sliding bar 15' through the medium of the rocking'member 21 and theconnecting-rod 22 so that the throttle lever is manipulated accordingly.

In the operation of the "invention the brake lever may be manipulated indepen dently of an umovement impartedto the throttle; or t e throttle may be controlled by manipulatin the siting. the brake ever. y thisarrangeme'nt both thethrottle and the brake are'brought under the control of one foot of the operator without necessitating removal of the foot from the pedal.

What I claim is:

1. In combination with the brake lever of an automobile and the throttle thereof, a pedal pivoted onthe brake lever and having movement relative thereto; a

movable member having actuating relation with the throttle; and a rocking member dal without actuthereon; a

havingpivotal support on the movable member and actuated relation at its opposite ends respectively with the pedal and the brake lever so that the throttle is operable by tilting movement of the pedal and inoperable by movement of the brake lever.

lever of an automobile. and throttle thereof, a pedal pivoted on the lever at its upper end so as to have lateral tilting movement thereon 'a' 'uard onthe lever projecting upwardlyafjacent one side of the pedal; a

movable member having actuating relation- 2. In combination with the service brake with the throttle; and a rocking member having pivotal connection with thermovable member and actuated relation at its oppo site ends respectively with the pedal and the brake lever so that the throttle isoperable by tilting movement of the pedal and in-- operable by the movement of the brake lever.

' In combination with the service'brake v lever of an automobile and throttle thereof, a pedal pivoted on the lever at its upper end so as to have lateral tilting movement ard on the lever projecting upwardly a jacent one 'side of the pedal;

and a mechanism-connecting the pedal and the engine throttle for actuating the throttle by the tilting movement of the pedal.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

g I ERNEST w. BAXTER." Witnesses: Y

GRACE LA RUE, S; E'WALrnns. 

